E1M9: Mystic Fountain of Krates (The Wayfarer)

E1M9: Mystic Fountain of Krates is the ninth and secret map of The Wayfarer. It was designed by Not Jabba and uses the music track "The Zenith" by Lola Harvey (BlueWorrior), from Freedoom: Phase 2.

Essentials
You start in a storage room at the center of the map, which contains a Dragon Claw along with a nitrogolem and two or three undead warrior ghosts. Leave through either of the west doorways then head west through another doorway, then run north until you enter a room with Gauntlets of the Necromancer and a button; this is one of two buttons needed to get the blue key. Return to the starting point and head south this time until you enter a second, larger storage room that contains various monsters, then go to the south-east corner to find steps leading down to the second button you need to press. Go back up the steps then head for the west side of the storage room, where a stone tunnel leads to a room where ophidians and disciples of D'Sparil protect the blue key.

With the blue key, return to the starting room then head east and north to find a blue key door, then go through it to drop into a square hall with lots more crates and sabreclaws. Fight your way to the north-east corner of the hall and go through the doorway here to enter a chamber with a red key, but approach it with caution as weredragons (or lesser chaos serpents on bringest them oneth skill level or higher) will be released behind you. With the red key, press the trident switch in the middle alcove of the south wall to get back to the hall, then approach the fountain in the center - this will release many disciples and nitrogolems into the hall if you have not triggered this trap already. Press the button by the fountain to deactivate the lightning barriers blocking the south-east door, then go through that door and follow the passage to a Mystic Urn in front of an ornate water feature. The exit teleporter can be found on the other side of the feature.

Secrets

 * 1) At the cliffside on the west side, go to the wall that blocks the bridge and look through it, finding a switch in the distance. Shoot it to lower the wall and head west to get a Ring of Invulnerability. (sector 2415) Do not fall into the bottomless pit in this area as it will result in instant death.
 * 2) Jump west from secret #1 and follow the path to a teleporter. Take it to get to a Tome of Power. (sector 2361)
 * 3) Head south-west on the cliffside and drop down to the rocks there. Follow the path to a Map Scroll. (sector 2283)
 * 4) At the south-east end with the second button for the blue key, head south and shoot the switch to the south-west, which opens a nearby teleporter. Take it to return to the south room with crates, and maneuver across the crates all the way west to the north-west corner, which has a Mystic Urn. (sector 1324)
 * 5) At secret #4, head down to the north and use the crate to reveal a button. Shoot it. At the south end of the big room with crates, on ground level, there will be another crate that looks similar, on the east side of the big crate stack. Use that crate to move it aside and reveal another button to shoot. Both switches raise metal pillars. Head back to secret #4 and head south all the way, then east across the pillar to the cave with a Morph Ovum and a Quartz Flask. (sector 2144)
 * 6) From secret #5, run east across the second metal pillar, then north and south from the crate stack. This big room contains a Lightbringer, a Bag of Holding, sun runes and nova runes. (sector 2267)
 * 7) Head to the blue key door north-east of the center and look at the chains on the wall. Use the one that is not moving to open a wall to the west to get Greater Runes and a Hellstaff. (sector 1380)
 * 8) At the north-east hall, head to the south side of the south stack and climb up. Maneuver across to the west side and use the crate at the end of the path with screws to get an Enchanted Shield. (sector 3577)
 * 9) At the north end of the same room is a dead end with four Timebombs of the Ancients. Find another crate with screws in this dead end and open it to get a Mystic Urn. (sector 3870)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on January 6, 2022.

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level: